My air conditioner started beeping.?

Question

I had it running throughout the night and this morning it just started beeping loudly. It sounded like an alarm clock. So we both got up and realized we had never heard it before. So we of course went straight to the smoke alarm. Nothing. We live in an upstairs apartment. We went to the bathroom where there is some sort of pump or something in the ceiling and it was that pump beeping. Not sure what that is, but that is what was beeping.

We have been having problems with it. For one our bill was over 180 for a 500 sq ft apartment this month. And there is never a deficit of more than 10 degrees between outside and inside. The "maintenance guy" took a look and made it a little cooler when it had stopped completely, but it still is not as cool as I think it should be. Hopefully this is the replace or I will self destruct alarm?

Thanks for anyones help.

Answer 1

If I were you, I would see what the manufacturer and model number is on the AC unit and try finding their web site to see if they offer any technical information..

Definitely the unit is not running efficiently if it is raising the electric bill by over 100 bucks..

The beeping might be an alarm that indicates the coils are iced over by too much humidity in the air...and/or the unit is overheating etc.

shut off power to the unit for a few hours, go out somewhere if it is too stuffy inside.. see if the unit operates better when you return... I also suggest not running these things constantly, this causes some units to ice up and suck up the power..

hope the unit does get replaced, newer ones are more efficient.